Saint PaulCome sing with our St. Paul’s Church choir and be involved in the church’s music ministry. No experience needed and all ages are welcome! The choir will meet at 9:15 am the first and second Sunday of each month. The choir offers everyone – young and old- the chance to lead the service in singing praise.

St. Paul is in need of Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, and Money Counters. Please consider doing one of these for your church and congregation. They are not difficult to do. Please let Father Letona know that you are interested!

​Our Mother Mary needs your help! We are down to 2 volunteers that come every Monday at St. Paul’s from 10:30 to 1:00 pm to make rosary’s that are sent all over the world. Supplies are on hand. Please find it in your heart to help out with how ever much time you can spare!

New Lisbon Food Pantry: The Pantry is open the 1st four Thursdays of each month from 8:30 am—10:45 am., and 3rd Wed of the month from 4-5pm.We will be happy to accept donations at this time also. Clothing is not accepted. Thank you for your continued support. Please save Milk tops, box tops, soup labels and pull tabs off soup cans. These items help our school. Location is Siler Star at 201 Leer St. New Lisbon. ​

Saint MichaelIn addition to decorated luminaries, anyone is welcome to place lighted candles on headstones of loved ones before the evening All Souls’ mass at on November 1.

Heads up!! It's time to begin planning for our annual Christmas basket social/raffle once again. This is planned for Sunday, Dec. 17 following Mass. The CCD students will prepare and serve Christmas cookies and beverages. This is a tremendous fund raiser for our PCCW so please be generous in your crafting and shopping. Non-parish members are welcome to come socialize and shop as well!

The PCCW will be sponsoring the memory book during the month of November. Donations for Masses can be placed in the box in the back of church

Saint JamesSt. Anne’s next PCCW meeting will be November 8th at 5:30 in the rectory.

​The Camp Douglas Food Pantry is in dire need of donations at this time. Your donations can be money or food. There will be a list of needs posted in the back of the church and a box in the back of the church for your convenience. Please help out. There are several drop spots here in Camp Douglas.

Mass ScheduleWednesday November 1 All Saints Day: Holy Day of Obligation8:30 AM St. Paul in New Lisbon6:30 PM St. Michael in Indian Creek Thursday November 2, All Souls Day8:30 AM St. Paul, New Lisbon12:00 PM at St. Paul in New Lisbon6:00 PM at St. James in Camp Douglas

What is Halloween?​Historically Halloween has Christian origins. It is the vigil of All Saints Day. “Saint” in old English was “hallow” meaning “holy.” It was called “All Hallows Eve.” It was a feast instituted by Pope Gregory III in the 730’s AD. It also coincided with the Celtic festival of Samhain, but there is no evidence that the Pope was even aware of such a festival. Over time, as Christianity spread to England and Ireland, some customs from the Celtic festival were “christened,” that is used to teach some facet of the faith. All Hallows Eve customs have grown and changed over time. Particularly in America with the arrival of Irish, Italian, and German immigrants. The commercialization of Halloween is certainly a secular hi-jacking of a Christian holi- day. Some have advocated celebrating “Harvest Festival” rather than Halloween. This, ironically, is more in line with the pagan festival. Let us reclaim Halloween for Christians, by returning to its roots in the Catholic Church by tying it explicitly to the Feast of All Saints.

What is a Saint?The Catechism defines “saint” as: The “holy one” who leads a life in union with God through the grace of Christ and receives the reward of eternal life. The Church is called the communion of saints, of the holy ones These are the men and women in heaven. Human beings to not become angels, those are a different order of creature. Human beings who, after passing from life, enter the joy of heaven are saints. The feast of All Saints commemorates all those who are in heaven but may not be universally known. All saints show us that in this present life, we can live a life in “union with God through the grace of Jesus Christ.”

What is all Souls Day? All Souls Day is a solemn celebration in the Roman Catholic Church commemorating all of those who have died and are now in Purgatory, being cleansed of their venial sins and the temporal punishments for the mortal sins that they had confessed, and being made pure before entering into the presence of God in Heaven. Praying for the dead is a Christian obligation. In the modern world, when many have come to doubt the church’s teaching on Purgatory, the need for such prayers has only increased. The Church devotes the month of November to All Souls, and participation in the Mass of All Souls Day is a good way to begin the month.

November 3 is the feast of St. Hubert, the patron saint of hunters. Good hunting! Happy Halloween and All Saints Day and a blessed All Souls Day

Popular Christian author C.S. Lewis wrote a fascinating book in 1942 called The Screwtape Letters. It is a religious satire written from the viewpoint of a “senior demon” instructing his “nephew demon” on how to tempt humans.

The book centers on the concept that while God assigns a Guardian Angel to each individual person, Satan must similarly assign a particular demon to counteract the angel’s guidance. It is an interesting idea, and one that has some truth behind it.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that Satan was not alone in his rebellion against God: “Satan or the devil and the other demons are fallen angels who have freely refused to serve God and his plan. Their choice against God is definitive. They try to associate man in their revolt against God” (CCC 414).

Satan’s fall is further narrated in the book of Revelation, where St. John writes, “he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him” (12:9).

Beyond that, little is definitively known about the devil. It is a truth of faith that Satan and his demons exist, but the number of demons and whether Satan assigns them to particular humans is unknown.

Saint PaulSt. Paul is in need of Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, and Money Counters. Please consider doing one of these for your church and congregation. They are not difficult to do. Please let Father Letona know that you are interested!

​Our Mother Mary needs your help! We are down to 2 volunteers that come every Monday at St. Paul’s from 10:30 to 1:00 pm to make rosary’s that are sent all over the world. Supplies are on hand. Please find it in your heart to help out with how ever much time you can spare!

New Lisbon Food Pantry: The Pantry is open the 1st four Thursdays of each month from 8:30 am—10:45 am., and 3rd Wed of the month from 4-5pm.We will be happy to accept donations at this time also. Clothing is not accepted. Thank you for your continued support. Please save Milk tops, box tops, soup labels and pull tabs off soup cans. These items help our school. Location is Siler Star at 201 Leer St. New Lisbon. ​

Saint MichaelThe PCCW will be sponsoring the memory bookduring the month of November. Donations for Masses can be placed in the box in the back of church

Saint JamesPlease watch for the up coming election ballots for St. James election of PPC members at the back of each Church. All St. James Parishioners are urged to vote.

The Camp Douglas Food Pantry is in dire need of donations at this time. Your donations can be money or food. There will be a list of needs posted in the back of the church and a box in the back of the church for your convenience. Please help out. There are several drop spots here in Camp Douglas.

Reflection by Dr. Scott Hahn on the Twenty- Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

The Lord is king over all the earth, as we sing in today’s Psalm. Governments rise and fall by His permission, with no authority but that given from above (see John 19:1; Romans 13:1).

In effect, God says to every ruler what he tells King Cyrus in today’s First Reading: “I have called you . . . though you knew me not.”

The Lord raised up Cyrus to restore the Israelites from exile, and to re- build Jerusalem (see Ezra 1:1-4). Throughout salvation history, God has used foreign rulers for the sake of His chosen people. Pharaoh’s heart was hardened to reveal God’s power (see Romans 9:17). Invading armies were used to punish Israel’s sins (see 2 Maccabees 6:7-16).

The Roman occupation during Jesus’ time was, in a similar way, a judgment on Israel’s unfaithfulness. Jesus’ famous words in today’s Gospel: “Repay to Caesar” are a pointed reminder of this. And they call us, too, to keep our allegiances straight.

The Lord alone is our king. His kingdom is not of this world (see John 18:36) but it begins here in His Church, which tells of His glory among all peoples. Citizens of heaven (see Philippians 3:20), we are called to be a light to the world (see Matthew 5:14) – working in faith, laboring in love, and enduring in hope, as today’s Epistle counsels.

We owe the government a concern for the common good, and obedience to laws – unless they conflict with God’s commandments as interpreted by the Church (see Acts 5:29).

But we owe God everything. The coin bears Caesar’s image. But we bear God’s own image (see Genesis 1:27). We owe Him our very lives – all our heart, mind, soul, and strength, offered as a living sacrifice of love (see Romans 12:1-2).

We should pray for our leaders, that like Cyrus they do God’s will (see 1 Timothy 2:1-2) – until from the rising of the sun to its setting, all humanity knows that Jesus is Lord.

From Aleteia.orgThe litany is a great aid in increasing a person’s relationship with his/her Guardian Angel and opens up the doors to a lifelong friendship with the spiritual being that accompanies us wherever we go.

LITANY TO A GUARDIAN ANGEL(For private recitation)Lord, have mercy on us, Christ, have mercy on us.Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.Holy Mary, Queen of Angels, pray for us.Holy Angel, my prince, pray for us.Holy Angel, my monitor,Holy Angel, my counselor,Holy Angel, my defender,Holy Angel, my steward,Holy Angel, my friend,Holy Angel, my negotiator,Holy Angel, my intercessor,Holy Angel, my patron,Holy Angel, my director,Holy Angel, my ruler,Holy Angel, my protector,Holy Angel, my comforter,Holy Angel, my brother,Holy Angel, my teacher,Holy Angel, my shepherd,Holy Angel, my witness,Holy Angel, my helper,Holy Angel, my watcher,Holy Angel, my conductor,Holy Angel, my preserver,Holy Angel, my instructor,Holy Angel, my enlightener,Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord!Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, graciously hearus, O Lord!Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, have mercy onus!Christ, hear us. Christ graciously hear us.Pray for us, O holy Angel Guardian.That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.Let us pray—Almighty, everlasting God, who in the counsel of Your ineffable goodness have appointed to all the faithful, from their mother’s womb, a special Angel Guardian of their body and soul; grant, that I may so love and honor him whom You have so mercifully given me, that protected by the bounty of Your grace and by his assistance, I may merit to behold, with him and all the angelic host, the glory of Your countenance in the heavenly country. Who live and reign, world without end. Amen.

Saint PaulSt. Paul is in need of Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, and Money Counters. Please consider doing one of these for your church and congregation. They are not difficult to do. Please let Father Letona know that you are interested!

​Our Mother Mary needs your help! We are down to 2 volunteers that come every Monday at St. Paul’s from 10:30 to 1:00 pm to make rosary’s that are sent all over the world. Supplies are on hand. Please find it in your heart to help out with how ever much time you can spare!

New Lisbon Food Pantry: The Pantry is open the 1st four Thursdays of each month from 8:30 am—10:45 am., and 3rd Wed of the month from 4-5pm.We will be happy to accept donations at this time also. Clothing is not accepted. Thank you for your continued support. Please save Milk tops, box tops, soup labels and pull tabs off soup cans. These items help our school. Location is Siler Star at 201 Leer St. New Lisbon. ​

Saint MichaelWe are currently looking for CCD teachers for the upcoming school year for children from St. Michaels and St. James parishes. If you are interested in helping in the faith formation of our children, please as soon as possible."

St. Michael’s Choir is inviting everyone who is interested in singing in our choir to come join us. We welcome all ages especially encourage young people to add your voices to ours.

Saint JamesPlease watch for the up coming election ballots for St. James election of PPC members at the back of each Church. All St. James Parishioners are urged to vote.

The Camp Douglas Food Pantry is in dire need of donations at this time. Your donations can be money or food. There will be a list of needs posted in the back of the church and a box in the back of the church for your convenience. Please help out. There are several drop spots here in Camp Douglas.